Starting May 1st, Michigan smokers are going to have a much tougher time enjoying a drag from their favorite tobacco blends. The new legislation prohibits inside smoking in bars, restaurants, and workplaces. Can you still light up at home? For the time being…
Cigar smoking will still be allowed in the casinos located in Michigan (those [...]
Called the Godfather of the cigar, Cuban legend Alejandro Robaina, aged 91, passed away Saturday, April 17, 2010. Family, and hundreds of friends came to pay final respects and say good-byes to the man who dedicated his life to pursuing a passion for growing fine tobacco and enjoying some of the finest cigars made.
Robaina was [...]
You wouldn’t expect to see a cigarette that runs on batteries sold at a prestigious tobacco shop where they still roll the real thing by hand. But that’s exactly what La Case Grande Tobacco Company owner Paul DiSilvio sells at the counter when customers are coming in for his famous cigars.
Non-flammable and driven by a [...]
Add Massachusetts to the list of states considering the idea of increasing its cigar tax.
In a effort to plug a hole in the state’s budget shortfall, a Boston Globe editorial is calling for legislators to get behind Mass. Governor Deval Patrick’s proposed plan to raise cigar taxes from 30% to 110%. Although some say if [...]
The Olympics are over, but people are still buzzing about the gold medal win celebration by the Canadian women’s hockey team. You know, the one where they were “swigging from bottles of champagne, guzzling beer and smoking cigars,” according to the Associated Press. Was what the hockey players did really that big of a [...]
Cuba’s economy is hurting badly, so much so that they are cutting back on food and agriculture imports from the U.S. “Crippling economic malaise” is how the Associated Press describes the situation down south.
Even though the U.S. is still the largest seller of food to Cuba, the communist nation is now turning to [...]
One of the biggest congressional supporters of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba has announced his retirement.
Republican Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of the largely Hispanic 21st District of Florida will not seek re-election. Diaz-Balart, who has held the seat since 1993, is one of the most senior and vocal supporters of the Cuban embargo.
Mario [...]
Early this year, Columbia, South Carolina’s City Council considered the idea of changing its smoking ban law so that cigar bars are exempt (retail tobacco stores ARE currently exempt, but not cigar bars that serve alcohol). Now, Lexington, it’s neighboring town 20 minutes to the west, is thinking about allowing bar and restaurant patrons [...]
Will Americans be the first in line for Cuban cigars if the embargo is dropped? Maybe so. What if the U.S. got to manufacture and sell cigars made with Cuban tobacco… to the U.S. market? That would be the fair thing, after all.
A recent Cigar Aficionado article from writer James Suckling says that the U.S. [...]
Cigar retailers in the Empire State have just about had enough. That’s why they are teaming up to strengthen their voices in opposition to what they consider overly restrictive legislation aimed at their businesses. In January, with the help of The Cigar Rights of America, they officially formed the New York Tobacconist Association.
“With the onslaught [...]
